moralize

Example Sentences

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In “Next Generation,” this exchange would have led to a moralizing speech from Jean-Luc about how they cannot play judge, jury and executioner.

From New York Times

As if on cue, the Kremlin echoed the Chinese criticisms of the summit, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling reporters in Moscow Wednesday the summit was an “exercise in moralizing” and not a “serious event.”

From Washington Times

Sanders' overt moralizing and harsh attacks on big business make him an outlier in the Senate, even in his own party.

From Salon

The camera often lingers on the face of our fledgling protagonist, Sasha, not to gawk at her appearance, but to challenge whatever moralizing preconceptions one might have with emotion laid devastatingly bare.

From New York Times

To deny that women students could consent to sex with their professors, they argued, was infantilizing and moralizing.

From New York Times